Impossible to jailbreak for now?

edwingoh Wrote:ok, my apple tv has 4.3 jb with seas0npass now. I had my previous copy of 4.2.1 ipsw. but when I attempted to restore, an error popped up and says "the apple TV could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build". What did I do wrong?

Edit your host file(while itunes is running. after you have the device in dfu mode unplug the power cable. it worked for me.

Sindawi Wrote:Edit your host file(while itunes is running. after you have the device in dfu mode unplug the power cable. it worked for me.

Hi Sindawi,
My hosts file is already pointing to the ip of gs.apple.com

My steps were:
1. Power up AppleTV using power cable.
2. Apply MENU+DOWN for 6 seconds followed by MENU+PLAY for another 6. (How will I know that its into DFU mode?
3. Plug in micro USB cable. Pull out power cable.
4. iTunes starts up.
5. Option + click on RESTORE
6. Select 4.2.1 ipsw (I used my previously kept version, should I download it from somewhere else?)
7. Same error appears.

svela Wrote:I was silly enough to update to 4.3 on my jailbroken ATV2 this weekend.

BUT there is hope! I just managed to jailbreake it again!
After several hours searching for a solution I found something that I did try like 40 times - and didn't work. Today I tried it again - just for the "fun" of it - and it worked!!

Here is the solution that worked for me:
1. you have to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.1.
- "you must have your shsh-blobs" you say...no I didn't!
- download "AppleTV2,1_4.2.1_8C154_Restore.ipsw"

2. edit your hosts-file - add this: 74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

3. connect the ATV to your computer - DON'T use the power cord.

3. set your ATV in DFU mode(down+menu - 6 sec then menu + play for 6 sec - release)
4. start iTunes - shift-click on restore

5. select the dowloaded ipsw and click restore.

Once downgraded you can go ahead jailbreaking using greenpois0n :-)

The reason why i write no power cord is that this is the only difference between
my 40 fails(errormsg in iTunes) and the success...
Good luck!

This worked for me today too. Downgraded 4.3 and now running XBMC on 4.2.1 and no shsh-blobs either.

brutisb Wrote:This worked for me today too. Downgraded 4.3 and now running XBMC on 4.2.1 and no shsh-blobs either.

Arrrgh, I am the only one with no luck?

The simple reason this works for some is that cydia has stored your SHSH for you from a previous jailbreak.
The host entry points to the cydia server.

zoster Wrote:The simple reason this works for some is that cydia has stored your SHSH for you from a previous jailbreak.
The host entry points to the cydia server.

Maybe for some but I didn't use cydia or anything like that. My ATV2 iOS4.0 came out of the box and onto my Network it said there was an upgrade available so I upgraded it to iOS4.3.
It was only on 16/03 that I tried to downgrade it and it worked using the method @svela posted. So no previous jailbreaks or host entry points on the cydia server in my case.
So not always the simple reason.............

brutisb Wrote:Maybe for some but I didn't use cydia or anything like that. My ATV2 iOS4.0 came out of the box and onto my Network it said there was an upgrade available so I upgraded it to iOS4.3.
It was only on 16/03 that I tried to downgrade it and it worked using the method @svela posted. So no previous jailbreaks or host entry points on the cydia server in my case.
So not always the simple reason.............

Hello!
Did you follow the exact steps? I tried mine and it simply doesn't work. :-( I am so depressed...even trying to restore back to 4.3 OS doesn't work too...I am at a lost!

edwingoh Wrote:Hello!
Did you follow the exact steps? I tried mine and it simply doesn't work. :-( I am so depressed...even trying to restore back to 4.3 OS doesn't work too...I am at a lost!

Where do you get lost? :-) error msgs in iTunes? What does it say?

hmm i also get the same error msg. Also have 1 atv2 standing with 4.3 firmware.
How did you guys managed to get it to work? I have tried now 12 times!

Svela,

Can you pma the download link for ipsw file?

Thanks in advance.